Southland, Day One 01-Lake Pukaki

Southland, Day One

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April 1st 2007
Geo: -45.0311, 168.663Great day today! We flew to the south island yesterday and picked up our rental car to drive as far as Fairlie, camping at a holiday park. It rained on us a bit in the night but otherwise slept great in the tent! And because it's a holiday park, we had the luxury of putting our rain fly on the permanent press cycle for 20 minutes to dry it out before packing it up fo ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Otago » Queenstown

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more